Competing together for just the second time in a tour-level event, Gonzalo Escobar and Aleksandr Nedovyesov clinched their first tour-level doubles title as a team on Sunday at the Nordea Open.
The Colombian-Kazakhstani team produced a dominant performance to overcome Rafael Matos and Francisco Cabral 6-2, 6-2 in 76 minutes at the ATP 250 clay-court event in Bastad.
“Having an 0-4 record [in finals] going into the final, the emotions were there obviously,” Nedovyesov said. “But we are pleased with the performance. We didn’t start well, but in the end of the day we won 6-2, 6-2, so it was a very good performance.”
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Escobar and Nedovyesov, who did not drop a set en route to the title, won 77 per cent (20/26) of their first-serve points and broke Cabral and Matos’ serves five times.
Earlier this season, Escobar and Nedovyesov reached the final at ‘s-Hertogenbosch in their first tour-level event as a team, before they lifted the trophy at the ATP Challenger Tour event in Ilkley. Sunday’s victory was Nedovyesov’s first tour-level triumph, while Escobar has now won four titles.
“We just formed this team a few weeks ago and we’re feeling very good together,” Escobar said. “I think it was just a matter of time until we started winning matches in a row and what better place to do it than here, so really happy.”